Problem-based learning in social studies cues to culture and change
Pick up Problem-Based Learning in Social Studies: Cues for Culture and Change and find out just how easy it is to integrate the essential life skill of problem solving into the curriculum. This sourcebook focuses on two key concepts of problem-based learning: culture and change. It then defines ten...
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Arlington Heights, IL
Skylight Training and Publishing
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Table of Contents:
- Intoduction
- Change and culture
- How this book is organized
- Curricular models
- Unit implementation
- Section 1 : Foundation Learning Experiences
- What is the problem?
- What is change?
- Culture and its components
- What is culture?
- Section 2: Culture and Its Components
- Classroom cultural components
- Culture and symbols in the classroom
- Egyptian cultural components
- Introduction of research project
- Symbols and hieroglyphics
- Hope and meaning
- Assessment
- Section 3: Force of Change
- Imposed change: an outside force
- Environment and change
- Environment as an influence
- Change through acculturation
- Change and conflict
- Change and innovation
- Assessment
- Section 4: Comparing and Contrasting Cultures
- Comparing tools, furniture, clothing, and foods
- Comparing and contrasting cultural stories
- Comparing and contrasting writing systems
- Assessment
- Section 5: Tools of Cultural Study
- Archaeology: should we dig up the past?
- Anthropologist: nonobtrusive observation
- Antropologist: effective interviews
- Archaeology: the dig and the grid system
- Anthropologist and archaeology: time capsule
- Assessment
- Section 6: Creating a Museum Display
- Occupations, practices, and routines of museums
- Funding of museums
- Visit to a museum
- Making a display
- Assessment